Delhi: The Indian cricket team is fully prepared to land in the Asia Cup 2025. In the team, young batsman Abhishek Sharma has got a place as an opener. Shubman Gill will be seen starting the innings with him. The special thing is that Abhishek will have a golden opportunity to break the big record of former Team India opener Shikhar Dhawan in this tournament.

Just 4 sixes away from breaking Dhawan’s record

Shikhar Dhawan currently holds the record of hitting the most sixes in a calendar year in T20 international matches. Dhawan hit 25 sixes in 17 innings in the year 2018. At the same time, Abhishek Sharma has reached very close to this record at this time. In the 5 matches played so far in 2025, Abhishek has hit 22 sixes and he is just 3 sixes behind Dhawan. In such a situation, if Abhishek hit 4 more sixes during the Asia Cup, he will leave Dhawan behind.

Abhishek Sharma in great form

25 -year -old Abhishek Sharma has done a strong performance for India so far this year. In 16 innings of 17 T20 international matches played so far, he has scored 535 runs with the help of 2 centuries and 2 half -centuries. During this time his average has been 33.4 and the strike rate was 193.8. Statistics show that so far 46 fours and 41 sixes have come out of Abhishek’s bat.

First match on 10 September

The Indian team will play their first match in the Asia Cup against the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on 10 September. Cricket fans will be eyeing whether Abhishek Sharma will be able to create new history by breaking Shikhar Dhawan’s record in this match itself.